incline

Example Sentences

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Since then, for a host of complicated and mostly unforeseeable reasons, disparate circumstances across the region incline, slowly, in a promising direction.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

In other words, investors may find it a lot more difficult to keep up if the incline gets steeper and steeper.

From Barron's • Mar. 21, 2026

Cardio is different forms of interval running four days a week, and then walking on the treadmill on a steep incline two days a week.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 5, 2026

A study published in 2019 said removing the not proven verdict might incline more jurors towards a guilty verdict in finely balanced trials.

From BBC • Sep. 17, 2025

Not as steep as the hill where Fran and Baxter live, but it’s the kind of incline that usually makes my leg muscles burn.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison